Results for keyword: Dams And Water Supply Projects
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Into thin air?
Global warming spurs calls for new dams in the West – but where will the water come from to fill them?
by Matt Jenkins, Apr 30, 2007 -
Getting the salt out
Arizona considers plans to clean up salty irrigation water without drying out wetlands created by that water.
by Michelle Blank, Apr 25, 2007 -
The Klamath dams by the numbers
A new report shows salmon-killing dams would cost less to remove than to keep.
by Erin Halcomb, Apr 03, 2007 -
The Gila's Monster
Along the upper Gila in New Mexico, conservationists and the state squabble over managing the river's water.
by Erin Halcomb, Mar 28, 2007 -
Elwha River dams move closer to destruction
Two massive dams on Washington's Elwha River will be demolished to restore salmon runs.
by Michelle Blank, Mar 14, 2007 -
Dam breaching gets a surprise endorsement
A longtime consultant to the hydropower industry, biologist Don Chapman, shook the Northwest this summer when he declared that four dams on the Lower Snake River should be breached to save the salmon
by Rocky Barker, Sep 19, 2005 -
‘Tributary issue' could force a seven-stateshowdown
Nevada is fighting with the four Upper Basin states of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico over its right to use water from the Colorado River’s tributaries, in particular the Virgin and the Muddy rivers
by Matt Jenkins, Sep 19, 2005 -
Judge leaves Front Range cities mile-high and dry
A Colorado judge cancels the water right of a private company that had planned to build the state’s largest dam and use it to pipe water from the Western Slope to the cities of Denver and Colorado Springs
by Hilary Watts, Sep 19, 2005 -
Weighing our water options
As the rapidly growing city of Las Vegas, Nev., schemes to find more water, it reminds those of us who live outside big cities that we also need to rethink the way we use water
by Paul Larmer, Sep 19, 2005 -
The Snake River, unplugged
The Nez Perce Tribe says that salmon-killing dams -- such as the three in Hells Canyon whose licenses are up for renewal this year – amount to an illegal "taking" of the tribe’s guaranteed right to fish
by Rachel Odell, Sep 05, 2005
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